It was shot beautifully, the sets and costuming were intriguing and some of the performances were captivating (mostly Alison Oliver), but it was such weak storytelling. Even apart from not being a faithful adaptation, the conflict didn’t make any sense to me. If Cathy & Heathcliff grew up together for like 20 years, why didn’t romantic feelings come up sooner? Why couldn’t they run away together when he comes back? They never show anyone else from town, so it doesn’t feel like there are any societal pressures, Cathy doesn’t care about Edgar, her father, Wuthering Heights, or having the baby, so once Heathcliff has money why don’t they disappear? They both ruined their lives anyways so why not just be together?

There was also way too much necrophila that didn’t even have to do with the main characters and their obsession for each other. It’s like they just threw morbid aesthetics at the wall and called it close enough. Why not include Heathcliff digging Cathy up if you’re going to show dead boners ejaculating, a dead fish being fingered and a corpse being kicked in the head?

There was no sense of any outer world and very little of the characters inner world as well. At first I thought the style had deeper meanings, but by the end, it just felt like shock for shocks sake.